China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...

The International Maritime Organization has approved a framework requiring ships to pay for carbon emissions, starting 2028. The framework sets emission reduction targets benchmarked against 2008 ...

Amid the global green goods boom, India is yet to jump on the bandwagon ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rising global temperatures could result in more frequent and intense heat waves which in turn could adversely affect humans and animals due to ...

In coffee agroforests that use a diversity of native tree species for shade, seeds that are normally cleared by farmers can be collected instead, new research proposes. The numbers of restoration and ...

Rajasthan is one of India’s top users of groundwater for irrigation, mainly because of water-intensive crops like wheat, even though there have been efforts to switch to drought-resistant ones. Higher ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indian cities face rising heat risks due to rapid urbanisation, loss of green cover, and unplanned development. Urban heat disproportionately ...

Wetlands are vital ecosystems supporting a diversity of species, but climate change, pollution, and human activities are degrading water quality and altering food webs. A decade-long study in ...

A recent expedition by researchers and filmmakers into Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh yielded startling results, including the identification of several species new to science. The Siang river ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Published in December 2024, the study set out to assess the presence of fishing cats outside protected areas in southern West Bengal. “West Bengal ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mangroves in Pichavaram and Muthupet in Tamil Nadu significantly reduce the magnitude and occurrence of extreme coastal hazards such as tsunamis, ...

A new study shows a decline in dragonfly and damselfly species diversity in and around Pune city. Rapid land-use change in the region and water pollution are found to be some of the reasons for this ...